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Penn State has a few programs that allow university-industry collaboration. , but this is still an area of great potential and growth for Penn State .  One of the main initiatives that currently exists is the [https://nittanyai.psu.edu Nittany AI Challenge]. Through the program, selected student entrepreneurs will spend eight months working on increasing university launching an artificial intelligence-based solution that solves a campus-specific problem. The challenge gives students the chance to win up to $25,000, receive project mentorship, and local industry collaborationwork alongside challenge partners like Google Cloud and Microsoft. Some of the   Additional programs that exist today are [https://www.lf.psu.edu The Learning Factory ] (where teams of students are given projects and budgets by industry to solve a problem within a semester), [https://hackpsu.org Hackathons ] (companies such as Microsoft and Google hold their Hackathons at Penn State), and the [https://www.sedtapp.psu.edu/design/index.aspx Engineering Design Program ] (where students learn to use industrial tools such as CAD) Currently, Penn State is working on increasing university relations with State College local entrepreneurs.

By collaborating with Ben Franklin Technology Partners, Penn State's Innovation Park, Penn State Business Development Center, Center and Centre Region Entrepreneur Network (CREN), Nittany Entrepreneurs Innoblue and various other Penn State organization and university programs, Penn State is attempting to decrease the gap between university and State College local entrepreneurs. In 2013, there will be the first 'career fair' for local businesses to help students and entrepreneurs reach other. The UIF fellow at Penn State is also helping make a database and transfer platform for entrepreneurs, alumni, and past and current students. This should help regional and economical development. The goal for State College is to bring State College local industry revenue to $3 Billion billion by 2033.

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== Penn State's Entrepreneurial Rating Progress ==

I would rate Penn State a 7 out of 10 for is growing in its entrepreneurship activitiesecosystem, but it's still very young. Though Before 2015, there has been some great progress made in was no centralized organization tasked with pushing innovation and entrepreneurship at Penn State programs and organizations in the last few yearsa common direction. Now, with Invent Penn State , our university is moving in a great direction. There's still has a long way lots to gobe done, though. Penn State requires better design labs For example, resources are rather scattered across entities, making it hard for outside students to understand what's available and innovation work spaces on campusget involved. As a university as a wholeIn addition, resources for pitch competitions and other student funding opporutnities are growing, Penn State needs but they're still not at levels comparable to push entrepreneurship instead of just pushing working in industries. Penn State has room to grow in other schools with great innovation and entrepreneurshipecosystems.

Note: The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) consists of 24 20 campuses. Each campus promotes entrepreneurship in its own way. For consistency, only Penn State's University Park campus information has been consolidatedincluded.